{"id":3196,"date":"2011-08-14T21:37:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T01:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/dukelibrariesrbmscl\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2011-08-16T05:55:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T09:55:47","slug":"susan-macwilliam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2011\/08\/14\/susan-macwilliam\/","title":{"rendered":"An Artist&#8217;s Adventures with the Supernormal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, August 18, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:30 PM<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Rare Book Room<br \/>\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong> Elizabeth Dunn, 919-660-5824 or <a href=\"mailto:elizabeth.dunn@duke.edu\">elizabeth.dunn(at)duke.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/susanmacwilliam1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3199\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/susanmacwilliam1.gif\" alt=\"&quot;Artist as Medium,&quot; 2008\" width=\"406\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/susanmacwilliam1.gif 406w, https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2011\/08\/susanmacwilliam1-300x258.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a>Video and installation artist Susan MacWilliam will speak about her archivally-based art, which focuses on the world of the paranormal, the tradition of psychical research, the supersensory, and ideas about perceptual phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, she is studying the experimental and  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgroundbreaking ESP and telepathy research of  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. J. B. Rhine through materials in the RBMSCL (focusing on the <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.lib.duke.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/digitalcollections\/rbmscl\/paralab\/inv\/\">Parapsychology Laboratory Records<\/a>) and at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhine.org\/\">Rhine Research Center<\/a>. Susan MacWilliam\u2019s residency in Durham is supported through funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>For Thursday&#8217;s talk, she will show some of her video pieces and discuss the ways that she transforms her archival discoveries and interviews into artistic creations.<\/p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>For more background on Susan MacWilliam&#8217;s work, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanmacwilliam.com\/\">her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Post contributed by Elizabeth Dunn, Research Services Librarian.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011 Time: 3:30 PM Location: Rare Book Room Contact Information: Elizabeth Dunn, 919-660-5824 or elizabeth.dunn(at)duke.edu Video and installation artist Susan MacWilliam will speak about her archivally-based art, which focuses on the world of the paranormal, the tradition of psychical research, the supersensory, and ideas about perceptual phenomenon. This summer, she is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2011\/08\/14\/susan-macwilliam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Artist&#8217;s Adventures with the Supernormal<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,50,51],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news-features","category-talks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Artist&#039;s Adventures with the Supernormal - The Devil&#039;s Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2011\/08\/14\/susan-macwilliam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Artist&#039;s Adventures with the Supernormal - The Devil&#039;s Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011 Time: 3:30 PM Location: Rare Book Room Contact Information: Elizabeth Dunn, 919-660-5824 or elizabeth.dunn(at)duke.edu Video and installation artist Susan MacWilliam will speak about her archivally-based art, which focuses on the world of the paranormal, the tradition of psychical research, the supersensory, and ideas about perceptual phenomenon. 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